flibustier

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flibustier. === Noun === flibustier (plural flibustiers) (obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas. 1845, Eugene Sue, The Female Bluebeard: Or, the Adventurer, tr. from French, publ. by W. Strange, page 209. === References === “flibustier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === filibuster == French == === Etymology === From Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”). The spelling with fl- is often considered to be due to influence from Dutch vlieboot or a descendant of that word. The spelling with -s- began to appear in the early eighteenth century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fli.bys.tje/ === Noun === flibustier m (plural flibustiers) a filibuster, a pirate Synonyms: boucanier m, corsaire m, pirate m ==== Descendants ==== → English: flibustier → Italian: filibustiere → Russian: флибустьер (flibustʹjer) → Spanish: filibustero→ English: filibuster, fillibuster→ Chinese: 費力把事拖 / 费力把事拖 (fèilìbǎshìtuō)→ Dutch: filibuster→ Indonesian: filibuster === Further reading === “flibustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flibustier. === Noun === flibustier m (plural flibustieri) a filibuster, a pirate ==== Declension ====